Ninna Nanna - Pink Martini feat. China Forbes | Live from Braşov, Romania - 2024

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Excerpted from Pink Martini's live July 2024 concert at Piața Sfatului in Braşov, Romania. "Ninna nanna" is an original song from Pink Martini's fourth studio album Splendor in the Grass, written and sung in Neapolitan, a language spoken by 7 or 8 million people in portions of Southern Italy. A songwriting collaboration between Alba Clemente and Massimo Audiello, close friends of Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes, "Ninna nanna" is a song about a sleeping sailor, and the mermaid who loves him. The song features China Forbes on lead vocals, Dan Faehnle on guitar, and Nicholas Crosa on violin.
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LYRICS
Ninna nanna marinare
‘Ngopp a varca, miezo o mare
Io te parl e nun respunn
Te si perze miez o suonn
Te vurria magna’ de vas
Ma ho paura e te sceta’
Cosi’ guarde da luntane
Co’ stu core innammurat
Quann aggia’ spetta
D’averti questa sera
Co’ sta luna chiena?
Quann aggia’ sogna’
Di dirti quanto t’amo
Co’ stu’ core ‘man - ma tu -
sogni qui nel bluuuu …
Ninna nanna marinare
Tu si bell comme o’ mare
A vote calm, senza creste
A vote tutta na’ tempesta
Ma tu suonn d’ate cose
E chissa se t’arricuord
Che tra a luna e mieze e stelle
Io t’aspette a braccia aperte
Quann aggia’ spetta
D’averti questa sera
Co’ sta luna chiena?
Quann aggia’ sogna’
Di dirti quanto t’amo
Co’ stu’ core ‘man - ma tu -
sogni qui nel bluuuu …
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
English translation
Sleep, sleep sailor
On the boat, in the middle of the sea
I speak to you, but you don’t answer
You got lost in your dreams
I want to devour you with kisses
But I am afraid to awaken you
So I gaze at you from afar
With this heart in love
How long must I wait
To have you this evening
With this full moon?
How long must I dream
Of telling you how much I love you
With my heart in my hand?
But you dream in the blue …
Sleep, sleep sailor
You are beautiful like the sea
Sometimes calm without crests
Sometimes just like a storm
But you are dreaming of other things
And who knows if you will remember
That between the moon and the stars
I am waiting for you with open arms
How long must I wait
To have you this evening
With this full moon?
How long must I dream
Of telling you how much I love you
With my heart in my hand?
But you dream in the blue …
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
LINEUP:
Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano and bandleader
China Forbes, lead vocals
Timothy Nishimoto, backing vocals
Tom Barber, electric bass
Dan Faehnle, guitar
Nicholas Crosa, violin
Mihail Iossifov, trumpet
Antonis Andreou, trombone
Reinhardt Melz, drums
Brian Davis, percussion
Miguel Bernal, percussion
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